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Journalism and Translation in the Era of Convergence
Edited by Lucile Davier and Kyle Conway
[Benjamins Translation Library 146] 2019
► pp. 43–62

Chapter 2
Transediting Trump

The inaugural speech reported in Italy

This chapter analyzes material collected online during Donald Trump’s inaugural speech together with material from Italian media outlets, comparing the translations published on news websites in real time and those published in printed newspapers the next day. The collection of real time texts provides insights into the translation process, testifying to the ongoing blurring of the lines separating translation and interpreting where news media are concerned. The analysis of the Italian translations enriches the critical analysis of the source texts themselves, while the possibility of observing the various stages of translation in real time on online media provides information on the influence that the media technological convergence is having on translation strategies and techniques.
Keywords: live translation, POTUS inaugural, online news, Italian news outlets, translators’ visibility
Article outline
  • 1.Theoretical background
  • 2.The translation corpus
  • 3.Translating the core message
  • 4.Transediting goes live
  • 5.Target texts
  • 6.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 24 April 2019
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